Well that was a good round of posting, but with 220 we are still short a few. Now that is not counting the ones that I know well. <g> The postings that you have made have been very good and I hope that you have had some people contacting you other than me. It is very hard for me to keep your line in my head when I don't see it often enough to know who you are. I will be out of town for a short RV trip, but will be checking the mail some while I am gone. Keep up the good work so I will have some things to read. If we don't post then we don't know if the list can help us. I know that when I look at COWAN, I read every one that I find and sometime it just might be your line. I also look at all of the other spellings. The DNA testing has been very rewarding. We have samples from the 4 Immigrant Brothers, 7 Immigrant Brothers, Samuel and Sarah Keith Cowan, William and Jane Walker Cowan, James and Hannah Woods Cowan plus some lines that have made their own cluster that I never dreamed would match the way that they did!!!! As I said, it has been very rewarding. Even if your line has been tested, you still need to have a Cowan cousin that is kin to you to be tested to verify that you are in fact the correct line. Now that sounds okay in my head, but I am not sure that it came out exactly as I desired. <g> We actually have a Cowan male that matched a state side group that still lives in Ireland. We have a gap of 82 years to fill in to connect them. We have matches with people that actually know where in Scotland that there line started from. We have two that have matched that are of the I Haplogroup which is true Viking - this I never thought. We have some that have had the R1a Haplogroup verified and the match with that Haplogroup held. All this DNA is considered Genetic Genealogy. Hope that all of you that can have worked the on-line census over and printed off the ones that are your family. There are ways to save them and then select the actual census for printing so that you do not have all of the black area that uses so much ink. Remember to document your sources. Also please go back to the older research that has been tucked away since it was not in agreement with Cowans From County Down - there may be leads there. DNA has sawed off branches and connected others. Hunt that cousin and get him tested!!!! Thanks again for posting who you are researching. I read a lot of interesting things and it helps me so much in what I do to try to help each of you. Laura Cowan Cooper Cowan List Manager

Descendants of Hugh Cowan 1 Hugh Cowan - 1781 .. +Ann Mathias 1701 - 1733/34 ........... 2 James Cowan 1725 - 1751 ............... +Catherine Hope m: 1748 ........... 2 John Cowan 1727 - 1747/48 ........... 2 Joseph Cowan 1728/29 - 1777 ............... +Mary Scott m: May 14, 1752 ........... 2 Jean Cowan 1732/33 - b: March 24, 1732/33 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania ........... 2 Mathias Cowan 1734 - 1819 ............... +Rachel Ellen Gray m: 1760 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania *2nd Wife of Hugh Cowan: .. +Mary <Scott> 1716 - ........... 2 David Cowan 1742 - 1786 ............... +Mary Gray 1746/47 - 1784 ......................... 3 Hugh Cowan 1770 - ......................... 3 Martha Cowan 1771 - 1774 ......................... 3 Mary Cowan 1777 - ............................. +William Mitchell ......................... 3 James Cowan ............................. +Nancy Kincaid ......................... 3 Elizabeth Cowan 1779 - 1844 ......................... 3 Ann Cowan 1782 - 1802 ............................. +Joseph Patten ......................... 3 David Cowan 1784 - 1868 b: January 08, 1784 in Pennsylvania d: September 14, 1868 in Clark Co, Ohio ............................. +Jane Steele 1789 - 1871 ...................................... 4 William Cowan 1811 - 1852 .......................................... +Ann Jane Stewart 1816 - 1862 .................................................... 5 Samuel S Cowan 1843 - 1931 ........................................................ +Rachel E Waddle 1847 - 1918 ................................................................. 6 Mary A Cowan 1874 - 1933 ..................................................................... +Will H Barnes - 1919 m: August 20, 1902 d: March 24, 1919 ................................................................. *2nd Husband of Mary A Cowan: ..................................................................... +A P Barnaby m: March 19, 1922 ................................................................. 6 Laura Cowan 1878 - b: December 31, 1878 ..................................................................... +D B Bowman - 1931 m: April 26, 1900 d: August 20, 1931 ................................................................. 6 Anna May Cowan 1881 - b: January 19, 1881 ..................................................................... +W O Stonum m: October 31, 1901 ................................................................. 6 Purley A Cowan 1882 - b: December 17, 1882 ..................................................................... +Elsie Evans m: March 16, 1903 ................................................................. 6 Albert Steward Cowan 1885 - 1889 ................................................................. 6 Walter Waddle Cowan 1887 - 1888 .................................................... 5 Elizabeth Jane Cowan 1845 - 1919 ........................................................ +John Ashbul Larimer 1839 - 1920 ..................................................................... +Eva Duff m: May 06, 1908 .................................................... 5 William Templeton Cowan 1847 - 1 ........................................................ +Susanna Augusta Bishop Hall 1855 - 1941 : .................................................... 5 James Finley Cowan 1850 - .................................................... 5 Winfield Scott Cowan - 1862 ...................................... 4 Mary (Polly) Cowan 1812 - b: 1812 in Ohio ...................................... 4 Hugh Cowan 1824 - b: 1824 in Ohio .......................................... +Arminta Elder 1823 - b: .................................................... 5 Laura J Cowan 1859 - ...................................... 4 John Cowan 1826 - .......................................... +Elizabeth .................................................... 5 Emma Y Cowan 1854 - .................................................... 5 Frank Cowan 1859 - ...................................... 4 Joseph Cowan ...................................... 4 James Cowan ...................................... 4 Betsey Cowan .......................................... +Robert J Gowdy .................................................... 5 Joseph Gowdy 1842 - b: Abt. 1842 .................................................... 5 Sarah Gowdy 1946 - b: Abt. 1946 ...................................... 4 Jane Cowan ...................................... 4 David Cowan .......................................... +Eliza Stewart m: December 01, 1849 in Clark Co, Ohio ........... *2nd Wife of David Cowan: ............... +Elizabeth Parke 1747/48 - ........... 2 Anna Cowan 1744 - b: Bet. 1744 - 1745 ........... 2 Elizabeth Cowan 1745 - ........... 2 Hannah Cowan 1746 - ........... 2 William Cowan 1749 - 1836 ............... +Isabella Henderson 1741 - 1785 ........... *2nd Wife of William Cowan: ............... +Mary Hubbard Wilson